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Gathering, analyzing, and disseminating collection data to library stakeholders.

Managing a team of over 30 professional and paraprofessional staff including circulation, interlibrary loan, reference services, collection development, acquisitions, processing, and cataloging.Writing a wide variety of employee training materials ranging from those written for entry-level staff to technical documents for professional staff.Providing direct supervision to the collection development team, including managing a budget of almost $800,000.Promoting servant leadership by occasionally working at the reference and circulation service points.Creating department goals and executing them with the help of project management software.

Worked collaboratively as part of the Senior Management Team on a $6.3 million library expansion, focused on maintaining the physical collection. This included planning the collection layout at both the temporary library space as well as in the renovated permanent location.Served as Chair of the Collection Development Committee, coordinating with vendors and library selectors on the selection of an Opening Day Collection.Spearheaded the creation and implementation of a unique hybrid Dewey Decimal classification system for all nonfiction books as well as the creation of genre designations for all fiction collections.Managed a team of 17 full-time and part-time staff.

Worked as a senior manger, supervising a staff of four full-time employees, providing acquisitions, cataloging, repair, and bibliographic maintenance.Served as Chair of the Collection Development Committee, shaping policy, reviewing materials challenges, and creating an annual materials budget.Used SirsiDynix's Symphony ILS to carry out the above job functions as well as to create reports to improve library services and to analyze trends for the annual report.Improved the library's cataloging database (ILS) by identifying records without OCLC identification numbers and using batch editing to provide the missing standard identification.Conducted a four-day training open to all Kentucky librarians, teaching the application of new cataloging standards (RDA) for public libraries. I also presented similar hour long sessions at state and national conferences.

Provided excellent customer service in resolving healthcare provider inquiries to the call center in a timely and appropriate manner.

As a teleworker, I created bibliographic records according to established metadata standards, tailored to customer specifications.

As a teleworker, I created bibliographic records according to established metadata standards, tailored to customer specifications.

Working remotely to ensure the integrity of two company databases by reconciling conflicts and editing bibliographic data; undertook special projects as assigned.

Led the initiative to participate in a national record-sharing program (NACO); supervised the Cataloging Department's NACO team; designed and implemented training for staff inside and outside the department; edited bibliographic records appearing on in-house error reports.

Oversaw teams of professional and paraprofessional staff in the creation of bibliographic materials for a variety of customers, including Chicago Public Library, the company's largest customer; provided customer service to professional staff at several customer libraries including Chicago Public Library; developed and taught training sessions for cataloging department staff; created and edited bibliographic records according to national standards

Changed King Library collection materials from Dewey Decimal Classification to Library of Congress Classification.

Taught freshman-level composition courses; planned, wrote, and executed course syllabus; as part of the Writing Center staff, coached students through the writing process, from draft to finished document.